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Personal data Sir Roger Grenville 

  • Also known as Grenvil, Grenvill.
  • He was born about 1477 in Stow, Cornwall, England.
  • He died on July 7, 1524 in Stow, Cornwall, England.
  • A child of Thomas Grenville and Isabella Gilbert

Household of Sir Roger Grenville

He is married to Margaret Whitleigh.

They got married January 1493 at Efford,Devon,England.


Child(ren):

  1. Amy Grenville  ± 1513-1578 
  2. Richard Grenville  ± 1495-1550
  3. John Greenville  ± 1497-????
  4. Agnes Grenville  ± 1498-????
  5. Philippa Grenville  ± 1502-< 1571
  6. Jane Grenville  ± 1505-????
  7. Digory Grenville  ± 1506-> 1564
  8. Christian Grenville  ± 1509-1577


Notes about Sir Roger Grenville

== Biography ==
He was the sheriff of Devonshire, England.
Sir Roger Grenville (1477–1523), eldest son and heir, Sheriff of Cornwall in 1510–11, 1517–18, 1522, who was present within the Cornish contingent at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. He married Margaret Whitlegh (or Whitely) the daughter and co-heiress of Richard Whitlegh (d.1509) of Efford, about three miles from Stowe.
Sons (all of whom have left surviving letters in the Lisle Papers) were:
* Sir Richard Grenville (c. 1495-1550), eldest son and heir. Entered the Inner Temple, with his brother John, in 1520;[15] MP for Cornwall in 1529. He married Matilda Bevil, daughter and co-heiress of John Bevil of Gwarnock, St Allen, Cornwall. He was pre-deceased by his eldest son Roger Grenville (d.1545), captain of the Mary Rose when it sank in Portsmouth Harbour in 1545, whose son was the heroic Admiral Sir Richard Grenville (1542-1591), Captain of the Revenge, MP for Cornwall, Sheriff of Cork from 1569-70, Sheriff of Cornwall in 1576–77, Armed Merchant Fleet Owner, privateer, colonizer, and explorer.* John Grenville (c. 1506 - c. 1562), 2nd son. Entered the Inner Temple, with his brother Richard, in 1520. Thrice MP for Exeter, in 1545, 1554 and 1558. In 1534 he purchased the reversion of the office of a Serjeant-at-Arms, which office he performed for King Henry VIII from 1535. He was a servant successively of Sir Thomas More and Lord Chancellor Thomas Audley. He married Lettice Lucas, daughter of Thomas Lucas of Suffolk.* Diggory Grenville, 3rd son, some of whose correspondence, in connection with his management of his aunt Honor Grenville's manor of Umberleigh, survives in the Lisle Papers.

== Sources ==
* [https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00sain/page/84/mode/2up?q=grenville Visitation of Cornwall Page 84: Grenvile]
* http://awt.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=marks1&id=P3932357298&ti=5542

* Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
External link: https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Grenville-7

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Roger Grenville

Thomas Grenville
± 1450-1513
Isabella Gilbert
± 1455-± 1493

Roger Grenville
± 1477-1524

1493

Margaret Whitleigh
1474-± 1514

Amy Grenville
± 1513-1578
Richard Grenville
± 1495-1550
John Greenville
± 1497-????
Agnes Grenville
± 1498-????
Philippa Grenville
± 1502-< 1571
Jane Grenville
± 1505-????
Digory Grenville
± 1506-> 1564
Christian Grenville
± 1509-1577

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Day of death July 7, 1524

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